Combined hat-pin holder and point-protector.



F. B. REYNOLDS.

COMBINED HAT PIN HOLDER AND POINT PROTEGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.12,1911.

1,045,887, Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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FRANK B. REYNOLDS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

COMBINED HAT-PIN HOLDER AND POINT-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3,1912.

Application filed April 12, 1911. Serial No. 620,601.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedHat-Pin Holders and Point-Protectors, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to devices adapted for holding in positionhat-pins, scarf-pins and other analogous pins for personal wear, thedevice at the same time protecting and practically concealing thesharpened or puncturing portion of the pin, and it consists in theimproved construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The object I have in view is to provide a simple, inexpensive andsolderless combined pin-holding and point-protecting device, adapted tobe readily attached to the pin and as readily withdrawn from it, atwill, its construction being such that the article, when in normal use,is not liable to become accidentally detached, thereby insuring the pinagainstloss, while guarding the pins point against inflicting injury.

The improved device is inherently resilient and flexible, and is bothself-centerin and self-adjusting with respect to the sti steel pin-stemwhen the latter is being inserted therein.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents,'in sideelevation, my improved pin-holding and point-protecting device, asmounted in a casing and attached to a hat-pin. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalcentral sectional view of the same, in enlarged scale, the pin itselfbeing omitted. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the resilient portion ofthe device. Fig. 4 is an end view of it.

Again referring to the drawings, A designates the elastic, resilientinner portion of my improved combined pin-holding and point-protectingdevice. It is preferably produced from a length of suitably temperedsteel or German silver wire of proper thick ness. The wire is wound soas to produce a flexible resilient tube whose walls consist of a seriesof helically disposed, snugly wound coils normally engaging one another.The bore or inner diameter of the tube is materially greater than thethickness of the pinstem p to be inserted therein. After the tube isformed in the first instance it is bent laterally about midway of itslength, so as to produce therein permanent, oppositely inclinedconnected sections a a The said lateral bend or deflection may be equalto or exceed the semi-diameter of the tubes bore, thus producing in thewall a normal small V-shaped gap msee Figs. 2 and 3. The outer or freeend portions of the tube are each bent slightly with respect to thelongi tudinal axes of the sections a in order to place the bore of saidend portions in permanent axial alinement with each other, as indicatedat a, 64, thereby also producing a slight V-shaped gap n at the junctionof the corresponding section (R, as clearly shown.

Now, assuming the tube to be mounted in a suitable holder, upon forciblyinserting the pointed end portion of a stiff pin-stem 29 (whose diameterexceeds the clear space or opening 8, Fig. 4) endwise into the tube, itssurface will frictionally engage opposite sides of the bore and flex ordepress the angular sections a of the tube, so that, when fullyinserted, the point proper may extend nearly to the tubes end, and beprotected by it. The act of inserting the pin temporarily depressessections o as stated, and correspondingly closes the gap m. I prefer toclosely wind the coils, thereby presenting a comparatively smooth innersurface to the pin-point.

The combined pin-holding and point-protecting device A is permanentlymounted in a holder or thin sheet-metal casing b, in which are located apair of oppositely disposed, elongated, tubular, eyelet-like members d,6Z substantially as represented in Fig. 2. In this arrangement, theflanged part of said inner member (Z may bear clirectly against theclosed end 6 of the casing and having an end section a of the tube Asnugly fitting the exterior portion of the tubular neck of the saidflanged member. The other inner member cl has a flaring mouthterminating in a tubular neck snugly inserted in the corresponding endsection a of the tube. In order to secure the several parts together,the edge of the casing is bent inward around the adjacent outer edge ofmember d, thus producing the rounded or beaded rim 6 The function andmanner of operation are substantially the same as before stated. It isobvious that the outer surface of the device may be increased in sizeand provided with suitable ornamental members or designs.

I claim as my invention: 1. The combined hat-pin holder and pinpointprotector herein described, the same;

consisting of an outer shell or casing having its rear or bottom endclosed, an an-i nular member, fixed to the other or front end of thecasing, having inwardly taper-' formed from wire, interposed betweensaid alining annular end members and secured to their inner ends.

2. In a pin-point guard, the combination of a flexible tube formed of asingle length of continuously connected helical coils of wire, the tubeswall having permanent lateral deflections therein extendinglongitudinally right and left in opposite directions at an angle fromits center port-ion and terminating in ends having longitudinal axesal-ining with each other, a shell or casing secured to one end of saidtube by a hollow projection, and a reversely arranged hollow guidemember fixed to the other end of the shell, its inner end extending intoand supporting the corresponding end of the said tube. I a

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' FRANK B. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

GEO. H. REMINGTON, CALVIN BROWN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained :for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

